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UK’s new sanctions target Kremlin-linked mercenary groups in Africa

The UK government has announced dozens of new sanctions against Russia, targeting three private mercenary groups in Africa, linked to the Kremlin, and eleven people involved in the Ukraine war and associated with a nerve agent attack on British soil. “Today’s action disrupts the supply of vital equipment for Putin’s war machine and bears down […]

Moroccan Banks Respond to Algerian FM’s Defamatory Statements

Following the verbal blunders uttered by Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, who blatantly accused Moroccan banks of laundering cannabis money in Africa, the Professional Grouping of Moroccan Banks (GPBM) released a statement rejecting such accusations as “hateful and irresponsible”. The diatribe against Morocco that the Algerian Foreign Minister shamefully made during a meeting at the […]

Romania thanks Morocco for ‘important support’ for release of hostage held in Sahel since 2015

Romania on Wednesday thanked the Kingdom of Morocco for its “important support” for the release of Romanian hostage Iulian Gherguț, who had been held in the Sahel region since 2015. In a statement, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced the release of the security officer from a manganese mine in northern Burkina Faso, near the borders […]